Online gaming in Africa

GamersNights is a multiplayer video gaming community based in Uganda. We host servers on Liquid Telecom's lightning fast regional network; organize tournaments and events; and actively work to develop the online gaming ecosystem in Africa. To learn more about us and what we do, click here.

The Server List

We host servers for the following games. If you would like to help us administer a server or launch a new one, please let us know on Discord, Facebook, or Twitter and we will consider it.

On July 29th and 30th, PC and console gaming teams from Uganda and Rwanda will travel to Nairobi, Kenya to compete for $1500 in cash prizes in Africa’s first international e-sports tournament. The event will be held in conjunction with the 5th annual Nairobi Comic Convention (Naiccon) which expects to see 3500 attendees over a two day period. It is the result of a joint effort by GamersNights, AbaGamers, and Naiccon and is sponsored by Liquid Telecom and Asus ROG....

This post is ridiculously belated, but I thought it was worth mentioning that our Oculus Rift Askari video eventually made its way to Comedy Central in the US. They apparently spotted it on Kotaku, one of the numerous places the video got posted when it went viral back in September 2014. Enjoy:

MTN is re-launching their 4G network and is hosting GamersNights for a Call of Duty online tournament in order to showcase the 4G experience on Thursday at 10:00AM. The winning team will receive five 4G MiFi routers with 10GB of data. The event will be streamed live on Twitch.

Last Friday, while filming for our upcoming television show on UrbanTV, we strapped my Oculus Rift DK2 onto an askari (security guard). However, we forgot to warn him that what he was about to see wasn't real. Hilarity ensued.

We came, we saw, we killed it...for charity. GamersNights was invited by Hive Colab incubation hub to co-host a "Gaming 4 Charity" event for the "40 days over 40 smiles" charity foundation. The 40/40 foundation was established with the sole purpose of helping vulnerable children and communities to access quality, all-round education support and entrepreneurial training aimed at self-sustainability. After the success of the Gulu robotics camp, Gamers Nights decided to “take a shot” at supporting the dormitory building...

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Visit our friends

Please take a moment to visit the websites of our friends in the gaming community:

The Uganda Internet eXchange Point
A non-profit organization which interconnects data networks to each other in order to keep local traffic local. Without the UIXP, multiplayer PC gaming in Uganda would be nearly impossible.http://uixp.co.ug/

Android Apps

Here are a few useful apps which will help you track the status of our game servers:

Gameserver Monitor
This app can track servers for wide variety of games including Counter-Strike, Call of Duty, Quake, and Team Fortress 2. It also comes with a very useful desktop widget.Download from Google Play

Minecraft Server Status
This app will track the status of Minecraft servers and comes with a useful desktop widget.Download from Google Play

Gaming news

Looking for a few good sources of gaming news? Here are a few recommendations:

Blue's News
This site has been around since 1995 and remains one of the best sources for gaming news out there. Highly recommended.http://www.bluesnews.com/

Rock, Paper, Shotgun
These guys claim to have been gaming since 1873, but we're skeptical. Nonetheless, if you're looking for reviews, this is a good place to start.http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/